Railroad-tie.



L. STEIDLE.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9. 1914.

i ;69 1130. Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

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RAILRO AD-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

atented Nov. to, 19315.

Application filed November 9.1914. Serial Ila-8711115.

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lle it known that I. lnnvis S'IEIDLl-l. a citi- Zen of the l'nited States. residing at Maueh Chunk. in the eounty ot' arhon and State of Pennsylvania. have invented eertain new and usetul lmprovenn-nts in ltailroad-il ies. of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in railroad ties. the object of the invention he ing to provide a tie which is composed largely of metal containing hloeks of wood. and to \vhieh the rails are secured.

A further ohject is to provide a tie ot' the eharacter stated which is of general hox form having openings at its (enter in its top and hottom for the reeeption ot the hallast. so that the tie can he seeurely anchored in the roadhed and held against possihility of creeping in any direetion.

A further ohject is to provide a metal tie in \vhieh \vooden hloeks. relatively small. r-an he utilized. and \vhieh espeeiailv a'dapted for using Stiftioiis of ties \vhieh are partially rotted or worn. and which would otherwise he destroyed.

\l'ith these and other ohjeets in view. the invention eonsists in eertain novel fattures ot' eonstruetion and eomhimitions and arrangements of parts as will he more fully hereinafter deserihed and pointed out in the elaim.

In the mreompanying drawings: Figure l is a top plan vievv illustrating my improved tie. Fig. 2 is a vie. in side elevation with the eentral port-ion shown in longitudinal seetion to illustrate the openings in the top and hottom of the tie. and Fig. is a tragnientary view on an enlarged scale in longitudinal vertieal section on the line 3 of Fig. 1.

1 represents my improved tie ivhieli is of metal and reetangular in eross section. The tie is made hollow throughout its length. and is open at hoth ends. so that hloeks'i. pre 1"- erahly ot vvood. may he readily inserted into the tie from the ends thereof. and may he \vitlnlrann from the tie whenever desired. To taeilitate this \vitL-draival ot the hloeks. I provide slots 3 in the top l of the tie. and an ordinary pit-k or other device may he turned into the wooden hloek when inserted through the slot 37. and then sin-h in trument Used to draw the hloet through the end of the tie.

The top l and 'tlltl tlil lll 5 oi the t e are provided midway hetvveen the ends of the tie with relatively large openings (3 and T respectively. so thattho hallast ot' the roadhed may he positioned in the. tie through the openings 6 and T. and securely anelmzthe tie to the roadhed. preventing any possihility ot' ereeping in any direction.

The top 4 of thetieis provided with open ings S eXposing the hloeks i. and on these exposed portions of the blocks, the rails S are secured hy spikes Q0. The openin are appreeiahly Wider than the base port of the rails. and the tie at hoth side edges reeessed as shown at 10 so that the rail may rest in a horizontal plane and lie upon th hloek. The ends of the recesses 10. the ends ot the tie. torm shoulders 11 ago width the hase flanges: ot the rails a tinned so as to prevent any sprez' rails. and to farth r overt a 1* ttn' t the rails to spread. l n locate hraees 12 against the outer laees of the rails and seeure sueh hraees to the tie hy spikes Theraees 23 have lugs ll which hear against the vvalls of the opening 8. so that these lugs assist the spikes in holding the hraees against movement. At the sides of the tie. adiaeent the recesses 13. I provide reinforei g integral extensions 15. Ti. 1+: extensions hperate to receive the rails thereupon when the load is upon the rails. and sustain to a large degree. the pounding of the passing train.

in malition to the spikes ahove enumerated. provide spikes 1t v aic-h are posi tioned through openings 17 in the top 4- of the tietand driven into the lilu lis '2 so as to hold 'the loeiis against POFsildlltV o move ment'. 'lhese spikes in are driven into th hloeks wh n they are first }mFil -tie l the tie. and it is ad wnrse to l e 113 oed that het'ore the idoele: ean h rennin-l. all of the spikes one" he t While have iiiustrated single hlogks in \tlt'll end oi the tie. it is to he understood that t do not limit my selt in this particular. as I may employ an sneh numher ot hlo-f'ks. and various other slight ehanges might he made in the genta'al t m and arrangementof parts des rihed Without departing from my invention. and h ine 1 do not limit myseli' to the pvt-vise details set f rth. li t e n sider myself at i herty to make s'neh el:antes and alteration as l tall the spirit and scope of the ti jiifilit'lil l. claim.

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Having thus described my invention, what claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 18:

The combination with a, hollow metal tie,

receiving recesses in their upper ends registering with said first-mentloned recesses, substantially-as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

Witnesses:v V

WEBSTER WEYHENMEYER, HARRY ZANDERS.

LEWIS 'STEIDLE. I 

